ODA Global Innovation Fellowships 2025 (Remote)

Scheme overview

Through the ODA Global Innovation Fellowships, researchers in the SHAPE community will be supported to create new and deeper links beyond academia, so enabling knowledge mobilisation and translation, as well as individual skills development.

This is the latest call for this ODA strand of the programme, offering opportunities for Global Innovation Fellowship award holders to work closely for a year with a partner organisation through a dedicated programme of activity and visits. That being the case, in this call there is no requirement, expectation or funding for the award holder to relocate internationally to be based in the partner organisation. Instead, the applicant and the partner organisation are to develop a programme of activity together that can be undertaken remotely with funding available for visits to the partner organisation and limited research costs such as workshops in the country of the partner organisation. The partner organisation must be based in any of the following countries: Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and any country from this list of Least Developed Countries Applications that are not considered ODA-eligible will not be taken forward through the assessment process.

This programme is part of the £337m International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), which is designed to enable potential and foster prosperity. It puts research and innovation at the heart of the UK’s international relationships, supporting UK researchers and innovators to work with peers around the world on the major themes of our time. It is managed by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and delivered by a consortium of the UK’s leading research and innovation bodies. In the context of this call, funding from the International Science Partnerships Fund is funded by ODA therefore applications for this funding must be ODA-eligible.

Applications are invited in any of the following areas:

• Environment, sustainability and nature
• Transformative technologies
• Health and wellbeing
• Cities and urbanisation
• Global order, geopolitics and international affairs

Successful candidates will be selected on the basis of the quality and interest of the activity or range of activities and outputs proposed in the application. Award-holders will be expected to play a role in promoting the approaches and methods that are the focus of their award, and consider the potential for engagement between academic and non-academic environments. Eligible activities and outputs can involve, but are not limited to:

• Evidence notes – reports, notes and responses to key challenges/approaches for developing connections with policy leaders or innovators
• Data analysis – identifying and analysing datasets that may be relevant to enhancing understanding and framing new solutions
• Case studies – exploring practical or policy-orientated solutions, engagement between academic and non-academic environments and the wider benefits to individuals/communities/regions
• Briefings/blogs/podcasts/videos and other outputs to reach a variety of audiences and environments, including policymakers (where relevant)
• Conferences/workshops/webinars/toolkits and other training opportunities which enable knowledge exchange

Scheme opens date: 20 December 2024

Application Deadline: 19 February 2025, 17:00 GMT

Duration of award: Awards are for a period of 12 months.

Level of award: The Academy is able to offer awards of up to £120,000 (with Full Economic Costing at 80 per cent).

Scheme guidance

Please read our scheme guidance notes before making an application.